Tech strategies Flashcards
Automated production lines
Involves machinery and equipment that’s arranged in sequence which develops a product as it goes through each step
efficiency= larger volumes in less time
>less need for human labour=decreased wage cost
Effectiveness=
>less errors, improved quality= high customer satisfaction
>decreased waste
> less injuries’ high job satisfaction
Automated production line adv
increased speed of production(productivity
Decrease human labour
Increase accuracy
Automated production line: disadv
short term= expensive
high maintenance cost
requires constant upgrades
Robotics
progamable machines which can perform specific tasks
efficiency=
> production= longer periods of time= more outputs produced in shorter time periods= w/o employees= less labour cost
Effectiveness:
> improved quality= improved accuracy/ consistency=less wastage=less costs
Robotics adv
improved accuracy and precision= improved quality
less wastage
24/7 prodcution
productivity increased= cost/unit decreases
Robotics disadv
Short term=expensice
if fails= disrupts production/delays
training required to operate
Computer aided desgin
Digital desgn software, aids creation, modification and optimisation of design and processes
efficiency= decrease time/human labour therefore decreased wage costs
effectiveness= improved quality and accuracy: human error=eliminated
elimates waste: desgins proofed not made
CAD adv
increase speed of production
increased productivity
decreased labour and costs
increased quality and accuracy= accurate drawings
decreased waste
CAD disadv
Expensive to purchase
Continually upgrading= higher costs
CAM
Involves the use of a central software that controls and directs production process by coordination machinery and equipment through a computerby coordinating machinery and equipment through a computer
efficiency= less time (no coms/instructions)
- larger# of outputs produced
- less need for labour=decreased wage costs
Effectivness:
- improve quality as no human error, higher customer satisfaction
-decreased injury risks=job satisfaction
CAM adv
increased speed of production/productivity
less human labour and decerased costs
increased accuracy and decreased human error
CAM disadv
Expensive to purchase
if fails= delays and decrease productivity
high maintenance costs
Artificial intelligence
involves using computerised systems to stimulate human intelligence and mimic human behaviour
improves efficiency:
> increasing speed of manufacturing, ensuring correct materials are available (analyse data to forecast)
imrpoves effectiveness:
>detects defects and errors (photos are taken during the production and iploards to icloud, AI analyses, thus improving the quality and therfore customer satifcation
AI: ADV
improves accuracy and precision
assists with product forecasting therefore decrease waste
removes humans, increases creativity
AI: disadv
Short term expenses
if fails it will disrupt all of the production
large scale redundancy
